Cabomba pitonii

Cabomba pitonii
Temporal range: Selandian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Cabombaceae
Genus: Cabomba
Species:
†C. pitonii
Binomial name
†Cabomba pitonii

Cabomba pitonii is an extinct species of aquatic plant in the family Cabombaceae known from Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, France.

Description

The species had submerged leaves.

Taxonomy

The species was described by Louis Laurent [fr] and Pierre Marty [fr] in 1940. The original spelling was Cabomba pitoni. The type specimen was collected in Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, France. It has been dated either to the Eocene, or to the Paleocene (Selandian).

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cabomba pitonii L. Laurent, Marty in L. Piton. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=30D7B8D6-3F0D-C3C7-9E11-A5448E2A3995
  2. 1 2 Concepción Alvarez Ramis & Teresa Fernandez Marron (1981) Considérations sur le rôle des phanérogames aquatiques du cénozoïque dans la détermination de l'âge de leurs gisements. pp. 85–97. Comptes rendus du 106e congrès national des sociétés savantes perpignan 1981, section des sciences: paléontologie
  3. 1 2 Piton, L. E. (1940). Paléontologie Du Gisement Éocène de Menat: (Puy-de-Dôme) (flore Et Faune). p. 44. Frankreich: Imprimeries P. Vallier.